Klarinet Archive - Posting 000631.txt from 2000/12

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] plateau keys for your beginners
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:32:46 -0500

Surely whatever a finger comes down on is shaped to receive it?
(There'a probablya hidden obscenity somewhere ...).
Clearly, regulating the spring tensions appropriately on such instruments
must be important, and probably tricky to do.
Roger S.

In message <26.e657a91.27679e51@-----.org writes:
> StephanieDavis wrote:
>
> <<Have you ever tried using clarinets with plateau keys for your beginners?
> I have small hands myself and, as a beginner, have toyed with the idea of
> plateau keys. Do they interefere with the sound quality?>>
>
> No, I haven't, partly as there are so few on the market, and they are
> expensive.
> I know two friends [adults] who use them and are very happy with them. I have
> not played the instruments but they certainly sound OK to me.
> For beginners we have used the Lyons C clarinet a lot. Very unreliable but
> also very useful.
> Both friends who use 'plateau' have had finger injuries making playing the
> open holes very awkward. I wonder if plateau keys might lead to careless
> finger positioning. I do think large strong hands are an advantage to a
> clarinet player, but so is precise finger placement, the main reason for
> flute makers adopting the open hole system.
> Arthur Acheson
>
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